If that doesn't do it for you, how about $90 off a Dell Ultrasharp U2413?

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Greetings, Arsians! Seven-inch tablets are all the rage right now, and if you don't already have one, now's a great time to grab your own 32GB Nexus 7 tablet! Our partners at LogicBuy have dug up $229 deal for the device, which comes with Android 4.2 and is quite the little speed demon.

Update:We've heard back from LogicBuy that Radio Shack (the vendor selling the discounted Nexus 7) has disabled the coupon for use on the Nexus 7 late yesterday, so unfortunately that deal is expired.

If you're already good to go in the tablet space, check out the other cool stuff we're rocking this week. We've got our usual spread of accessories, including a nice 24-inch IPS-paneled Dell U2413 (which runs at 1920×1200, for you folks who demand a 16:10 aspect ratio in your screens). There's also a trio of office chairs from Steelcase, running the price gamut from low-cost to luxury. The middle one, the Steelcase Leap, is a perennial favorite—I had one for many years and it was comfortable, adjustable, and durable. Enjoy!

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Lee Hutchinson
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I can not recommend the Steelcase Leap enough. If you need a new chair and you have the money, get that freaking chair.

I have to set up reminders for myself on my desktop because that chair is so comfortable I forget to get up every little while to move around if I'm in a long game session or doing some assembly models. My old one was so uncomfortable it used to force me up but the Leap is so comfortable you could sit in that chair all day and not ever once feel the need to stand up.

I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not, but damn is it comfortable.

Jesus Christ, a $1500 office chair? I mean.... it doesn't surprise me that much, but I just never really thought about those kind of chairs being *that* expensive. I got one at Rite Aid on sale for $25, and it's lasted for several years so far. I could buy 50 more of them to last the rest of my life and still save some money.

I mean.... there's gotta be something I'm missing. Don't get me wrong, my $25 chair *is* mostly a peice of shit, something that could be replaced by an office chair costing $150-300 that would be vastly superior in every way.

But $1500? That chair better be able to go generations through a family and ultimately survive the apocalypse as the most sought after commodity in a world where all other chairs were destroyed. Maybe because it's made from the skin of Elmo that makes it such a rare chair.

Edit: There's a link at the bottom for a $2500 chair! I know if you have millions of dollars that $2000 is the equivilant of me spending $10 for lunch, but good god.

Jesus Christ, a $1500 office chair? I mean.... it doesn't surprise me that much, but I just never really thought about those kind of chairs being *that* expensive. I got one at Rite Aid on sale for $25, and it's lasted for several years so far. I could buy 50 more of them to last the rest of my life and still save some money.

I mean.... there's gotta be something I'm missing. Don't get me wrong, my $25 chair *is* mostly a peice of shit, something that could be replaced by an office chair costing $150-300 that would be vastly superior in every way.

But $1500? That chair better be able to go generations through a family and ultimately survive the apocalypse as the most sought after commodity in a world where all other chairs were destroyed.

Well, Steelcase does list 6 manufacturing locations in the USA on the wiki page for their company. If the chairs are built in the USA that in itself is a compelling argument for spending a few hundred extra dollars on their product if it's really as good as the other poster indicated.

Since URL shortening is being used on these Dealmaster posts, can we at least get the website name for each of the article links. I understand you need your click throughs, but I'd appreciate knowing what site I'm going to end up at prior to a click.

Please forgive my ignorance, but why are the linked URLs all shortened?

More than likely because when clicked Ars is given the credit to the pass through. 'Gotta pay the bills, so it's understandable.

So they're getting paid by the URL shortening service?

If they've been given special URLs by the retailers which uniquely identify Ars, then there's no reason to shorten the URL. Or am I missing something?

It prevents you from modifying the referral credit out of the URL via copy/paste. But, I don't click on URL shortened links because I don't know what the destination will be, so I guess it's a trade off.

Please forgive my ignorance, but why are the linked URLs all shortened?

More than likely because when clicked Ars is given the credit to the pass through. 'Gotta pay the bills, so it's understandable.

So they're getting paid by the URL shortening service?

If they've been given special URLs by the retailers which uniquely identify Ars, then there's no reason to shorten the URL. Or am I missing something?

I can't answer why they're shortened unless it's just to hide that they're actually just linking directly to ad.doubleclick.net (at least, the handful I checked).

They're actually double-shortened. The links from this page go to ad.doubleclick.net which itself then forwards to a shortened url. That shortened url in the couple cases I checked actually also goes to an ad or tracking site (mediaplex, prf) which then forwards you to your final destination.

You should be able to add a plus(+) after the bitly URL to see where it goes first, though it does require some extra work. Apparently the firefox add-on to see the non-shortened URL doesn't work with the newer versions of FF.

$25 chairs are pretty crappy AND they rarely last very long. My Steelcase Leap was made in late 1999 and is in perfect condition. Everyone doesn't buy a $1500 chair, but some people do. Hell, all cars get from point a to point b, who do people buy $2.5 million cars?

I think of it like this ...

You have cheap crap for $25-$100 - this stuff is totally a compromise and is of terrible quality, but of course for some people it works just fine.You have normal stuff for $200-500 - this stuff is perfectly fine, built right and will probably last a fairly long timeYou then have a range of stuff above this, some of it is built like a tank, some of it might have leather, some might have some other miracle material or be perfectly ergonomic. The range is $500 to the Sky. Some people will simply be stark amazed that people will pay this kinda money for anything. Generally speaking they will be people who buy the "cheap crap".

It's similar to buying cars, TVs, clothes, and dozens of other things where there's any kind of "premium" or "luxury" level.

Please forgive my ignorance, but why are the linked URLs all shortened?

More than likely because when clicked Ars is given the credit to the pass through. 'Gotta pay the bills, so it's understandable.

So they're getting paid by the URL shortening service?

If they've been given special URLs by the retailers which uniquely identify Ars, then there's no reason to shorten the URL. Or am I missing something?

I can't answer why they're shortened unless it's just to hide that they're actually just linking directly to ad.doubleclick.net (at least, the handful I checked).

They're actually double-shortened. The links from this page go to ad.doubleclick.net which itself then forwards to a shortened url. That shortened url in the couple cases I checked actually also goes to an ad or tracking site (mediaplex, prf) which then forwards you to your final destination.

Thanks, I was just curious. I'm generally suspicious of shortened URLs, and it kind of bugs me when they're used unnecessarily (ie a friend e-mailing a link).

Whoa, the U2413, is practically double the price of last year's offering (U2412M). Is the U2413 supposed to succeed the U2410?

Does anyone have any more info on this? I see the U2412 for $290 on amazon. What are the advancements in the -13 to justify over $500?

If I recall correctly the U2413 has a wide gamut color capacity (99% of Adobe RGB, most cheaper IPS monitors are something like 72%) and various hardware calibration and LUT features. It also supposedly comes with factory calibration already performed.

Whoa, the U2413, is practically double the price of last year's offering (U2412M). Is the U2413 supposed to succeed the U2410?

Does anyone have any more info on this? I see the U2412 for $290 on amazon. What are the advancements in the -13 to justify over $500?

If I recall correctly the U2413 has a wide gamut color capacity (99% of Adobe RGB, most cheaper IPS monitors are something like 72%) and various hardware calibration and LUT features. It also supposedly comes with factory calibration already performed.

Whoa, the U2413, is practically double the price of last year's offering (U2412M). Is the U2413 supposed to succeed the U2410?

Does anyone have any more info on this? I see the U2412 for $290 on amazon. What are the advancements in the -13 to justify over $500?

If I recall correctly the U2413 has a wide gamut color capacity (99% of Adobe RGB, most cheaper IPS monitors are something like 72%) and various hardware calibration and LUT features. It also supposedly comes with factory calibration already performed.

I was able to manually add it to my cart, but the details said:HOW IT WORKSTake $20 off any qualifying online purchase of $125 or more. Offer excludes Tablets, Bose®, Apple® and Beats by Dr. Dre™ products, video game consoles, airtime, gift/entertainment cards, services, special orders, refurbished items, items on sale and purchases on radioshackwireless.com. May not be combined with other coupons or offers, including employee discount. No cash value.TERMS AND CONDITIONSOffer valid through 1/31/2013

Jesus Christ, a $1500 office chair? I mean.... it doesn't surprise me that much, but I just never really thought about those kind of chairs being *that* expensive. I got one at Rite Aid on sale for $25, and it's lasted for several years so far. I could buy 50 more of them to last the rest of my life and still save some money.

I mean.... there's gotta be something I'm missing. Don't get me wrong, my $25 chair *is* mostly a peice of shit, something that could be replaced by an office chair costing $150-300 that would be vastly superior in every way.

But $1500? That chair better be able to go generations through a family and ultimately survive the apocalypse as the most sought after commodity in a world where all other chairs were destroyed. Maybe because it's made from the skin of Elmo that makes it such a rare chair.

Edit: There's a link at the bottom for a $2500 chair! I know if you have millions of dollars that $2000 is the equivilant of me spending $10 for lunch, but good god.

Heh, know the feeling. Mine is a used office chair back when they knew how to build chairs. Sort of the "Model M" of chairs.

...I break a 250$ chair every year, in 5 years that is already over 1000$

The cheap chairs are fine for 2 hours use in your home. They can hardly resists long time office use, 8 or more ours per day... Is amazing how there are no good quality chairs for cheap. You really need to go over 500$ if you plan to get one that will last a couple of years.

Wow. I have had my office chair for over five years, and I doubt my company spent more than $200 on the thing. The chair in my home office was between $100-$200 when I bought it back in 1999. What the hell do you do that breaks your office chair every year?To each his own I guess. I'd rather spend that money on new tech, not a chair. My sofa and bed are supposed to be sleepable in not my chair. Although, I guess compared to our elected officials chairs, $1500 is steal for a chair.

Radioshack is NOT honoring the deal on the Nexus 7, I ordered one and the discount code worked. got my confirmation email and then about an hour later I got another email saying my order had been cancelled.when I called to ask why, the rep told me "We just got informed about an hour ago that all of the Nexus 7 orders are to be cancelled and they did not explain why".

Radioshack is NOT honoring the deal on the Nexus 7, I ordered one and the discount code worked. got my confirmation email and then about an hour later I got another email saying my order had been cancelled.when I called to ask why, the rep told me "We just got informed about an hour ago that all of the Nexus 7 orders are to be cancelled and they did not explain why".

oh well, I'll buy it somewhere else.

I'll contact LogicBuy and see if they can dig into what's going on. It's a little late in the day, but I'll post when I have some more info.

I was just checking out the U2413 monitor on Dell's website. Added it to the cart, added the coupon, price didn't change. Checked the details for the coupon on why it didn't apply, saw this: " Excludes the following Monitors : ( U2412M, U2413, U3014, U3011, S2340T, U2913WM, P1913)". So the coupon code doesn't apply to the 2413 at all.